A HDTV widescreen has a 16:9 ratio monitor with a widescreen formatting to read the digital picture by compressing it. This is generally done with a 720p or 1080i HDTV broadcasting channel or DVD's made for the widescreen format. Most of the traditional TV sets have a 4:4 ratio so you get an idea of how much more a HDTV widescreen has to offer you for your viewing pleasure.Even though HDTV widescreen models are quite expensive household all over the United States are welcoming them into their homes. The number of them in homes has doubled in just the past two years. The average cost of a HDTV widescreen is from $700 to $2,000. The cost depends on the retailer, the brand, and the size of the screen it offers.
While a HDTV widescreen set costs more per square inch than a traditional TV set there are plenty of great features to consider with the purchase. You will be able to eliminate those annoying black bars at the end of the screen. You can stretch the format or choose to zoom in on it so the entire screen is taken up by the picture. There are several format options on the remote control to choose from including zoo, enlarge, wide, full, panorama, or natural.
With the normal mode on a HDTV widescreen model you will have the window box bars displayed at a ration of 4:3. You can expand the full screen image with either the zoom or enlarge option. You have to be careful though or you will end up cropping the bottom of the images on the screen. The wide or full option is a good one for the 16:9 ration that most DVD's come available in.
The hottest selling HDTV widescreen model on the market is the Phillips 30PW8420/37. This is a 30" screen with a flat picture tube display. The pictures are enhanced with a 3D comb filter and a light sensor.
